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Breakfast dilemma...

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I know this thread is about breakfast but ...generally, at meal times Rice & Pasta is a no go zone, so what do Chinese diabetics eat at mealtimes instead of Rice and what do Italian diabetics eat instead of Pasta? (I know I'm stereotyping people but...)
 
I love the low carb tortillas I get from the low carb megastore which are 3G net carbs. I don't like wraps but I do like fajitas and burritos and these are perfect. I've even used them instead of pasta in a lasagne - convenient in a round dish! I buy a load and freeze them. The pitta breads are nice too at 4g each.
 
Hi Mark. They are called Poco Loco Original wraps and I got them from Lidl. Each wrap is 33.6 carbs according to the packet.
 
I am a bit like Kooky, in that I tend to have carbs at breakfast, probably more carbs than I should have, in fact. At the moment I mostly have oats with raisins and yoghurt; sometimes I have granary toast and jam. But even the idea of anything savoury in the mornings (let alone the smell) makes me feel very, very sick, and always has, and I've never been able to think of anything sweet I can eat for breakfast which isn't fairly high in carbs.
 
My weekday breakfast is 25g carbs and consists of some combination of the following, all weighed as I have found that estimating results in significant errors:

1 protein Weetabix or Oatibix (12/15g CHO)
22/33g Lizzi's low sugar granola (10/20g CHO)
16/25g Sainsbury's low sugar and salt Swiss style muesli (10/20g CHO)
15g milled flaxseed (negligible carbs)
Plus unsweetened soya milk to taste (negligible CHO)
Sprinkling of cinnamon

As long as i take exercise in the morning, which is either cycling to work or walking the mike to the bus stop, i don't get a spike with this.
 
Jonsi said:
should we call you Rappers from now on? Yo! :D:D
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Lol! Daft thing is, I corrected that once because autocorrect insisted on capitalising the M!
 
weecee said:
Hi Mark. They are called Poco Loco Original wraps and I got them from Lidl. Each wrap is 33.6 carbs according to the packet.
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I wouldn't consider them low carb. Something like that would send my BG through the roof.:(
 
Living in the US, there is a wide selection of tortillas in the supermarkets..... Several brands have low carb varieties, 3g net carbs, and taste like the real thing!!! so these are great for lunch, and no need to stockpile 🙂
 
Hi Mark. Have not checked other wrap packets. Just had those in the pantry so did the job. No spike I could tell. Will check out other brands as well
 
weecee said:
Hi Mark. Have not checked other wrap packets. Just had those in the pantry so did the job. No spike I could tell. Will check out other brands as well
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Everyone's different. However, as Mark said, he has trouble with the ones that have as many carbs as two slices of bread. One slice of bread is about 14g, so these wraps would unfortunately exceed one sandwich in terms of carbs. You may be fortunate in that your insulin response would be good enough for these, but like Mark, I'd be very hard-pressed to eat one of these without a substantial amount of insulin and I'd still have a spike to at least the 10mmol/l mark within an hour.

It's pretty hard to get low-carb tortillas in the UK in store - generally they're mail-order only and pretty expensive. I've had them before and they are surprisingly like the 'real' thing, but they do also tend to be a little smaller too.
 
The low carb tortillas also make a quick pizza base. I like the fact they are smaller as they fit in my tortilla pot!
 
I'm also feeling uninspired for breakfast... I love thick slices of homemeade bread with marmite but my recent CGM showed me this is not a good option! Something new I tried this week was a slice of Rye bread with mashed avocado and a bit of black pepper. Tasted nice, only 20g carbs and didn't seem to spike too much.
 
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